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Gareth Pierce
Price as Todd Grimshaw in 2020
Born
Occupations
  • Actor
  • musician
Years active2004–present
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentDrums
Labels
  • Recordiau Cartref
  • Sain

Gareth Pierce (born 1981) is a Welsh actor and musician who has appeared in various television series. In 2020, he began portraying the roles of Todd Grimshaw in the ITV soap Coronation Street and Gavin Moss in BBC Radio 4's The Archers. In 2006, Pierce was named in the Top 50 most eligible bachelors list by Company Magazine.[1][2]

Career

In 2008, Pierce and Matthew Wall founded the band Hafaliadau = Equations. Owain Taylor-Shaw joined in April 2008, followed by Mark Flanagan. Their debut album was released in November 2008.[3]

Pierce is known for his roles as Osian James in the S4C TV-series Caerdydd (five series, 2006–2010) and Lenny Mack in Sky 1's Stella (two series, 2013–2014). He appeared in such S4C series as Y Gwyll, Cara Fi, Alys, Pen Talar, Cowbois ac Injans and soap Pobol y Cwm.[1] He appeared in the second series of Y Pris in 2009 as skinhead Nicky.[1] Further English-speaking appearances include Hinterland, Mr Selfridge, and Hollyoaks.[citation needed] In 2013, Pierce played George of Clarence in The Globe's acclaimed production of Henry VI.[4] In 2014, Pierce starred as Brian, the local GP, in the S4C romantic comedy-drama Cara Fi.[citation needed] In March 2016, it was announced Pierce would be joining the regular cast of BBC1's Ordinary Lies for its second series.[5]

In 2020, Pierce played Gavin Moss, son of Philip Moss, in the BBC Radio 4 series The Archers.[6] In August 2020, it was announced that Pierce has replaced Bruno Langley for the role of Todd Grimshaw in the ITV soap Coronation Street, after sexual assault allegations against Langley in 2017.[7]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Chosen Shaun Kennedy TV series
Bang Bang I Love You Joe Short film
2006–2010 Caerdydd Osian James Regular role
2008 Cymru Fach Unnamed Film
2009 Y Pris Nicky Series 2
2010 Pen Talar Robert Evans Episode #1.9
2012 Alys Gareth 4 episodes
2013–2014 Stella Lenny Mack Series 2–3
2014 Cara Fi Brian Phelps All 8 episodes
2015 Hinterland Alun Price Episode #2.0
35 Diwrnod Reg 5 episodes
2016 Ordinary Lies Karl Sheldon Series 2
2017 Living a Lie Robin Orme-Evans 2 episodes
2018 Apostle Man #1 Film
2020 The Archers Gavin Moss
2020–present Coronation Street Todd Grimshaw Series regular

References

  1. ^ a b c "Caerdydd Homepageurl". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Welsh hopefuls for Hunk of the Year". News Wales (GoHolidays.net). Archived from the original on 11 April 2001. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  3. ^ "hafaliadau=equations". 24 March 2009. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  4. ^ "Henry VI/Shakespeare's Globe". shakespearesglobe.com. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Griff Rhys Jones, Matt Di Angelo and Kimberley Nixon to star in Ordinary Lies series two". radiotimes.com. 30 March 2016.
  6. ^ "The Archers 30/04/2020". BBC. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  7. ^ Anderton, Joe (10 August 2020). "Coronation Street announces new Todd Grimshaw actor after recasting the role". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 10 August 2020.